?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Values+of+organic+producers+converting+at+different+times%3A+Results+of+a+focus+group+study+in+five+European+countries&rft.creator=Padel%2C+Susanne&rft.subject=+Regulation&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.subject=+Social+aspects&rft.description=The+paper+presents+the+results+of+a+focus+group+study+of+the+values+of+organic+producers+entering+the+sector+at+different+times+in+Austria%2C+Italy%2C+the+Netherlands%2C+the+UK+and+Switzerland.+As+well+as+expressing+values+widely+associated+with+organic+farming%2C+such+as+food+quality%2C+health+and+environmental+protection%2C+established+and+converting+producers+also+mentioned+professional+challenge%2C+fairness+in+the+food+chain%2C+and+maintaining+farm+income+as+important+values.+The+reviewed+literature+includes+examples+of+a+theory+of+conventionalisation+which+implies+that+later+converting+producers+are+less+committed+to+core+organic+values+than+the+previously+established+organic+producers.+The+conclusions+of+this+paper+do+not+support+this+idea.+In+interpreting+the+observed+differences+between+the+values+of+established+and+converting+producers%2C+it+is+argued+that+these+are+consistent+with+some+aspects+of+adoption+diffusion+model%2C+but+changes+in+external+circumstances+and+the+learning+experience+that+conversion+represents+must+also+be+considered.+&rft.publisher=INDERSCIENCE+PUBLISHERS&rft.contributor=Darnhofer%2C+Ika&rft.contributor=Schermer%2C+Markus&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F9258%2F1%2FPadel_Values_IJARGE_08.pdf&rft.identifier=Padel%2C+Susanne+(2008)+Values+of+organic+producers+converting+at+different+times%3A+Results+of+a+focus+group+study+in+five+European+countries.+International+Journal+of+Agricultural+Resources%2C+Governance+and+Ecology+(IJARGE)%2C+7+(1)%2C+pp.+63-77.+[+In+Press+%2C+2008]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F9258%2F